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19-494: Kosovo Polje is a municipality that lies in the center of the Kosovo Plain , with an area of 84 km (32 sq mi) and an altitude of 540 m (1,772 ft) above sea level. The city is situated between Pristina in the east, Obiliq in the north, Gračanica in the south and Drenas in the west. It consists of 16 settlements. It is located in the area of the intersection of roads important for transport, such as

38-765: A first-level administrative division. This area included the majority of the modern Kosovo . In 1912-13 the Kingdom of Serbia conquered the Vilayet. During World War I, the army of the Kingdom of Serbia retreated to the Kosovo plain by November 1915. Then, under attack from both sides, the army withdrew across the mountains into Albania . The Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918-1941) controlled Kosovo Field and its residents. Kosovo and Vojvodina , another formerly autonomous region of Serbia, had practically comparable status with

57-471: A great archaeological importance, because its roots date back to prehistoric times while its peak development occurred during late Antiquity through the early Byzantine period. Kosovo Polje was named after the Kosovo Field of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo . The settlement of Kosovo Polje was established in 1921 during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (see Colonisation of Kosovo ). In the city suburbs there

76-589: A marble column with inscriptions on the field, in memory of his father. The Second Battle of Kosovo was fought between the Ottoman Empire and Kingdom of Hungary in 1448 . The Ottoman cadastral tax census ( defter ) of 1455 in the District of Branković took place in the Kosovo field which is in a part of eastern Kosovo In 1877, the Kosovo Vilayet was established by the Ottoman Empire

95-693: Is a town and municipality in Kosovo . According to the Kosovo Agency of Statistics (KAS) estimate from the 2011 census, there were 21,549 people residing in Obiliq Municipality, with Kosovo Albanians constituting the majority of the population. Prior to the Balkan Wars , the settlement was known as Globoderica ( Глободерица ). Following the conflict, the settlement was incorporated into Serbia and renamed Obilić as part of

114-520: Is a large karst field , located in the middle part of Kosovo . It is mostly known for being the site of the Battle of Kosovo (1389) between the Balkan Alliance led by Lazar of Serbia and Ottoman armies led by Murad I , and many other battles. The large karst field is directed northwest–south. The plain stretches from Mitrovica southwards including Obiliq , Kosovo Polje (which lies in

133-452: Is at the village of Kozaricë, reaching 740 meters above sea level, while its lowest point is at the bridge connecting the village of Cërkvena Vodicë and the city of Obiliq, situated at 530 meters above sea level. In the territory of the municipality, there are three natural rivers: Sitnica , Drenica and Llapi . There's also a man-made canal called the Ibër - Lepenc Canal, which starts from

152-640: Is the Multinational Specialized Unit base. Part of KFOR , the unit is composed entirely by Italian Carabinieri . There are two magnesium mines operating on the territory of Kosovo Polje: Goleš and Strezovce . Prior to the 1999 Kosovo War , the town of Kosovo Polje had, according to the figures of the Federal Statistical Office in Belgrade from March 1991, a total population of 35,570 inhabitants, while

171-711: The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (its successor in the Breakup of Yugoslavia ) managed Kosovo up until the Kosovo War in 1998–1999, at the conclusion of which the forces of Milosevic left the field and the region was overseen by the UN with the installation of an interim government. During the war, the Kosovo Liberation Army and FR Yugoslavia forces actively battled around the region, especially

190-530: The other six Yugoslav republics according to constitutional revisions made in 1971. The provinces were granted the opportunity to create their own constitutions and were granted equal status under a new Yugoslav constitution that was adopted in 1974 . When Slobodan Milošević came to power in 1989, the provinces' autonomy was removed and Belgrade gained political control. Thus, the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (ended 1992) and

209-462: The centre), Lipjan , and almost to Kaçanik . The region of Kosovo stretches roughly from Ferizaj to Vushtrri . It is situated 500–600 m above sea level. In the central part, to the west, is the Drenica valley. The region was an economic hub of the early Eastern Roman Empire in the province of Dardania . Praevalitana ( the region before the valley ), a province that bordered Dardania

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228-566: The efforts to reunite Serbian lands in the early twentieth century when inhabited places within Kosovo were named after heroes from Serbian epic poetry . The placename Obilić refers to the Serbian national hero Miloš Obilić who killed the Ottoman Sultan Murad I at the Battle of Kosovo (1389). In Albanian, the town is known as Obiliq (a transliteration of the Serbian name), while an alternative name (used by Albanians )

247-711: The ethnic makeup was 56.6% Albanian, 23.7% Serb and 19.6% from other communities. According to the last official census done in 2011, the municipality of Kosovo Polje has 34,827 inhabitants. It is estimated by the Kosovo Agency of Statistics , that by the end of December 2020, the population of the municipality has grown to 39,948 inhabitants. [REDACTED] Media related to Fushë Kosova at Wikimedia Commons 42°38′N 21°07′E  /  42.63°N 21.12°E  / 42.63; 21.12 Kosovo field Kosovo field ( Albanian : Fusha e Kosovës ; Serbian : Косово поље , romanized :  Kosovo polje , lit.   ' Blackbird 's Field')

266-591: The north-east, open to northern continental climatic influences. Winter is cold, while summer is warm and dry. The Kosovo field, due to limitations with high mountains in the south and west, are deprived of the air masses of the Adriatic Sea and the Aegean Sea . The coldest month is January while the warmest is August. In the municipality of Fushë Kosova lies the Harilaq Fortress. The fortress has

285-479: The parts in which many Albanians resided. In the 21st century, plans have been made to establish multiple coal mines around the Kosovo field. Kosovo plain (Rrafshi i Kosovés), which lies 500–600 in above sea level, and is characterised by a longtime annual precipitation of 640 mm year", and a longtime annual mean temperature of 10°C. 42°43′03″N 21°05′06″E  /  42.71750°N 21.08500°E  / 42.71750; 21.08500 Obiliq Obiliq

304-503: The railway connecting Kosovo Polje with Skopje and Mitrovica , which then connects to international roads. Also, it is located at the intersection of important highways. The Pristina International Airport is also located on its territory. Kosovo Polje has a medium continental climate . It is located in the Kosovo field , which is in the Ibri plain in the north and in the Llapi plain , in

323-499: Was coined by the Albanological Institute, Kastriot , after Albanian national hero Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg (1405–1468). Situated on the edge of the Kosovo field , Obiliq municipality rests 10 km northwest of Pristina . It has a good geographical position and is bordered by five other municipalities which are Pristina, Fushë Kosova , Drenas , Vushtrri and Podujevë . The municipality's peak elevation

342-647: Was named after the fact that it was located directly to the west of the field. A reference to the field may appear in the early Christian cult of Florus and Laurus of the fourth century AD, which was recorded no earlier than the sixth century AD. In the recorded version in Constantinople , the geographical location of Ulpiana , which was a settlement in the field of Kosovo, is described in Greek as Eucharis Koilas (the Gracious Valley). The Kosovo field

361-569: Was the site of the Battle of Kosovo in June 1389, the battlefield northwest of Pristina where an army led by Prince Lazar of Serbia fought the Ottoman army. It is for this field, and the battle, that the Kosovo region and contemporary Kosovo , and in turn the historical Kosovo Vilayet and Yugoslav Kosovo and Metohija is named. The modern city of Kosovo Polje is also named after the field. Serbian ruler Stefan Lazarević (1389–1427) erected

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